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Gibraltar Neanderthals and results of recent excavations in Gorham's, Vanguard and Ibex Caves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

R. N. E. Barton ,
A. P. Currant ,
Y. Fernandez-Jalvo ,
J. C. Finlayson ,
P. Goldberg ,
R. MacPhail ,
P. B. Pettitt  and
C. B. Stringer
R. N. E. Barton
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, England
A. P. Currant
Affiliation:
Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England
Y. Fernandez-Jalvo
Affiliation:
Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England
J. C. Finlayson
Affiliation:
The Gibraltar Museum, 18–20 Bomb House Lane, Gibraltar
P. Goldberg
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215, USA
R. MacPhail
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, England
P. B. Pettitt
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory for Archaeology & the History of Art, University of Oxford, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QJ, England
C. B. Stringer
Affiliation:
Human Origins Group, Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England
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GibraltarpalaeontologyMiddle-Upper PalaeolithicNeanderthal
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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 279 , March 1999 , pp. 13 - 23
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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